Railway crossing



Aug. 25, 1925. 1,551,155

H. E. MUCHNIC RALWAY CROSSING yFiled July 26. 1924 10 1?/ I Ao d f1 E l To all whom-'t may consom.:

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' Bc it known that I, limrnyE. Millennio,

n. vcitizen of tho United Sioohyfosiding a@ ,.xtchism, in "cho county of Awal/uson. on@

Stato of Kansas, have invented certain now and useful improvements in Railway @Toso ings, of which @he following is wspeciication.

This invcntion relates to improvoments in railway crossings, and has for its objoct to provide a. structure utilized to provide a. .continuation ci' a. -roadway ocioso o mil- .Way track.

ln my copending application, Fiorini No. 674,638, filed l\l'ovenf1beil .14, 1923, have illustrato/d a. somewhat similar stmotni'o as applied fbo an existing troclwziy. in lie hoi'oin dosci'ibed invention, ii havo ilinsw tratod nmodied structure utilizxod .in conv junction with a. coueron@ roadway.

The object of the prent invention is to providonnd secure a, quickly applied moons 11o lock the crossing plat/es to the trank mila and to insulaio the somo iherefrom to pro vont slioi'ifcircuiting of cm'i'ent for ling' or the like.

Tiles@ and other objects will bo moin-'fully described in the. following sfpwificdcions,andV shown in the accompanying drawing, 1n

Which- 4 t .Fig.'1 is a, pion View of ono ombodimont of my invention.

' Fi 2 if?. n vertical ti'ansvers'e see/tion the imo A-vA o Fig. l.

Fig. 3 is a. voroioalv section drawn man enlarged scale o a. portion of the structure showing :the looking moana. Fig. l is :i side oicvznion o a. parir of :along i ocx-noting `nrecl.,ig.n blocks,

lLike numoi ris infer to like elements in which-10 riesignats onemlly the track mils Awing the usual omi portions 10, web poi'tionn -i0", and transverse banc nnges 10 and l0". The mils are supported in fthe usual manner upon ties oiisleepois 12. l have. illuminated a. portion oflhe concrete roadway at either sido of the froci-z which, in the ombodimont shown, is a. singlel track lino, although my invention is readily appiicabie to' double or onlinr brook systems as will be obvioiis.

At the outcr side of oooh rail is p1'm7i-dnclA plato having C. Doponnalv an approach plato 50, each am odge 50 inset in the concreto ing webs 50" om supported betweentlmamnnverso ties 12,. While n Vface -lango 50 pro y-loloolfz xviii incroaso the lockiifn of *bhe im,

jects sligiiiiy forward *from tho :moro-oci; loic to pni'ioiiv nnaloi'iio tina i'oil lio-nal i0, cmg .onppoi'iofi on Elio ian'o lot than beneath. j f

The intormmiiato platos :un d.

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am suppni'i'twi upon the rail iinnggne; an shown 1n El 2, foi cxumpio. in tho ozm onovvn,

winmix iinvin' an onguinriy disposori, out

'Wniiiiy divento-o, bottom poi'ion 6U", nnfl an iioving inclined; Contact snifzmfes as shown 1n Fig.. 4, whereby roiativo ciisplaocmo'inb oit' one block withospcct mito -coinplon'oni l.

medium plate izo tho mil, as i li bo obvious. The nail or' @ho like, indicated by tho ni non 3 'al 85, is Kir-Won mbo oai/li lower wedge) oloci frns shown in Fig.. 4 ao? positioning ofi tho blocks io prevent ireiativo dispincomon ihoroo, which woniei' rolcgnc anni porniii. vertical dispinccmcnir of lino plains.. vvodgcs boingwinpairs aro quickly insorisiblo whore icsii'odk, no Wging yosislnnce boing; prcscnt mitiiltiio upper coiion moved relative lio ibo noti/om. oooiion.

Transverse iiln on-o'oning iangon @QA oro cost or formed integrally with olio piglio to inoroaso tho strongili @nel rigidity incisivi..

' At its endo the intomiedintn snowing providos. with tho sloping aimons 60 omi 10G bho approach with aprons 5.0' oxionling downwardly and ouiwardly in :ijaosnblio nominati.` This pcvcnts engagement of @the niruoture by chains, hoso, oir the iilto dan gling from passing trains.

.t. will be obvous that' by tito @omonima ahovo'dncribofl and shown in the. Mining, Iam nabie to provide a. glowing crossing betwn-"anlaz tho 'nidos oi' .nlm trank, inns y conti omadwny without bumps or on il@ pmiaiileintornuptions, the grossing capable construction ofows iron or the like, and also capable of being quickly removed or installed, ready access to the roadway beingI afforded in the event of necessary repairs or tlie like. Any width of roadway may be accommodated by formas desired.

It will be obvious that my invention is susceptible of modification, and I do not wish to 'be restricted to the form Shown and described, except as defined in the appended claims.

What I claim is:

1. In combination with a pair of track rails having base flanges, a plate member extending between the said rails, said plate member having depending supporting f flanges supported upon said rail flanges, and pairs of coacting wedges co-acting with said plate and said rails to lock the former relative to the latter.

2. In combination with a pair of track rails having base flanges, a plate member extending between the said rails, said plate member having depending supporting flanges, and locking means co-aicting'witli said plate and said rails to lock the former relative to the latter, said locking means comprising a pair of co-acting wedges.

ing the plates integrally or in unit sections` 8. In combination with a. pair of track rails having' base flanges, a plate member having a depending supporting flange, locking means co-acting with said plate and the .ad]acent rail, said locking means Comprising a pair of coacting wedges located be- 35 tween said plate flange and said rail.

4. In combination with Va pair of rails having base flanges, a plate member eXtending between said rails and provided with a downwardly extending supporting flange, 40 said flange having a seat and a locking wedge (fo-acting with the adjacent rail and said seat to lock said plate against vertical displacement relative to said rail.

` i HENRY n. MUCHNIC. 

